# Publication Tracker

> Check that every link you bought or added stays live, indexed, and as ordered, and spot edits to the article before they cost you the link.

Source: https://docs.serpier.com/publication-tracker

A link only keeps its value while the page stays up, stays in Google, and keeps the link you paid for. The Publication Tracker checks that for you once a publication from your [orders](https://docs.serpier.com/orders) is live, and for articles you add yourself. When something breaks, it shows exactly what changed. [SEO Performance](https://docs.serpier.com/seo-performance) shows whether your links move your search rankings, and [AI Visibility](https://docs.serpier.com/ai-visibility) whether AI answers mention you.

![The Publication Tracker with quick filters and a live, index, and link status per publication](https://docs.serpier.com/docs-assets/publication-tracker-list.webp "Each row is one article. The quick filters count the problems found on the latest check.")

## Choose what to track

Placements you bought do not appear in the table until you select them.

1. Choose **Select Publications to Monitor**. It lists each [project](https://docs.serpier.com/projects) and the publications on it.
2. Tick the publications you want to track.
3. Select **Save changes**.

Your plan sets how many projects and publications you can track, and the dialog shows those limits. **Upgrade plan** raises them. **Monitoring** on an [order](https://docs.serpier.com/orders#track-live-links) opens the tracker filtered to that order.

## Track an article you did not buy here

Use **Add publication** for a single URL:

1. Enter the **Publication URL** and pick the **Project** it links to.
2. Set the **Anchor Text** you expect, and the **Anchor Rel**: **dofollow**, **nofollow**, or **sponsored**.
3. Select **Add Publication**.

**Bulk add publications** does the same for a list of URLs. You can edit or delete articles you added from the row menu. Bought placements cannot be edited or deleted.

## Find what needs attention

The quick filters above the table count the publications with a problem on their latest check:

- **Offline**: the page did not load.
- **Unindexed**: Google has not indexed the page, so it cannot appear in search results.
- **Ordered link**: the link you ordered is missing, or its URL, anchor text, or link type changed.
- **Content changed**: the article text no longer matches what you approved.
- **Other links**: outbound links were added or removed since approval. This does not affect your own link, but a new competitor link may matter to you.
- **Awaiting**: no full check has finished yet.

In the table, **Target URL**, **Anchor text**, and **Link type** show **Match** or **No match** against what you ordered. **Not verified** means the latest check failed, so the field could not be confirmed. Articles you added yourself have no approved text to compare, so their content is not checked.

## See what changed on an article

Click a row to open **Tracking history**. It shows every check on a timeline, the links found on the page with your bought link marked, and how the text compares with the approved version. Select a day to see the result of that check.

![Tracking history for one publication with its check timeline, links, and content comparison](https://docs.serpier.com/docs-assets/publication-tracker-history.webp "A live, indexed article whose link and text still match what was approved.")

## When checks run

A live page is checked every 30 days and an offline page every 7 days. **Last check** shows when the tracker last looked, with the next check under it. To check now, choose **Run check** in the row menu or in **Tracking history**. The row shows **Queued** until the result is in.

## Get alerts and export

Turn on **Monitoring alerts** in your [notification settings](https://docs.serpier.com/notifications) to hear when a tracked article is not live, is unindexed, or has a link problem. The alert opens the Publication Tracker.

**Export** downloads the table as CSV. It is included on the Growth and Enterprise plans. On other plans the button reads **Upgrade to export**; see [Billing](https://docs.serpier.com/billing).

## Related

- [Orders](https://docs.serpier.com/orders.md)
- [Notifications](https://docs.serpier.com/notifications.md)
- [SEO Performance](https://docs.serpier.com/seo-performance.md)
- [AI Visibility](https://docs.serpier.com/ai-visibility.md)